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Contains 40 Results:

Correspondence from Clairouin, October 24, 1966 to January 23, 1967 ., October 24, 1966, January 23, 1967

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

11 TL in French to VéN, dealing with the eventual publication of The Eye and The Gift (both of which translations VN apparently approves), and contractual and financial matters having to do with the foreign publication of Lolita. Schébéko asks after the Russan edition of Lolita, and gives news of Ergaz, who undergoes an operation at this time.

Dates: October 24, 1966; January 23, 1967
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, January 30, 1967 to September 21, 1967 ., January 30, 1967, September 21, 1967

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents 14 TL in French to VéN, with 2 autograph notes. Concerning the translation and publication of The Eye, The Gift, Grasset's less than successful edition of Laughter in the Dark, various contractual and financial matters having to do with the foreign publication of Lolita, and enthusiastic reviews of VN's work in the Sunday Telegraph (England) and Le Monde...
Dates: January 30, 1967; September 21, 1967
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, September 25, 1967 to December 31, 1967 ., September 25, 1967, December 31, 1967

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

12 TL in French to VéN, with 2 autograph scraps. Mostly regarding various contractual and financial matters having to do with Lolita, VN's desire to leave Gallimard (because of the latter's failures on the publicity front), the publication of The Gift (including the list of errata that VN wants to see included), and several short stories.

Dates: September 25, 1967; December 31, 1967
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, January 9, 1968 to June 19, 1968 ., January 9, 1968, June 19, 1968

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

12 TL, in French, to VN (1) and VéN (11), noting the annulation of the contract with Olympia, and the interest of les Editions du Chêne in buying the now available rights to Lolita. Also discusses possible Yugoslavian publishers for Lolita., as well as the possible publication of some of VN's short stories.

Dates: January 9, 1968; June 19, 1968
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, June 20, 1968 to December 24, 1968 ., June 20, 1968, December 24, 1968

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

15 TL in French to VéN, regarding various contractual and financial matters having to do with the foreing publication of Lolita (especially in India and Yugoslavia), Gallimard's desire to publish King, Queen, Knave next, and new rumblings from Olympia.

Dates: June 20, 1968; December 24, 1968
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, January 6, 1969 to, January 6, 1969, May 22, 1969

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

12 TL in French to VéN, with 1 autograph calculation. Mostly re Czech and Yugoslavian editions of Lolita, and Czech and Swiss publication of VN's short stories, as well as contract with Gallimard for King, Queen, Knave and publicity for The Eye and The Gift. Notes Girodias is appealing the last verdict.

Dates: January 6, 1969; May 22, 1969
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, May 28, 1969 to September 25, 1969 ., May 28, 1969, September 25, 1969

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

15 TL in French to VéN, with 3 autograph records of telephone conversations. Mostly re: various contractual matters with Lolita, Gallimard's readiness to publish collection of VN's stories, and their reluctance to sign a contract for Ada based on VN's stipulations.

Dates: May 28, 1969; September 25, 1969
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, October 14, 1969 to December 30, 1969 ., October 14, 1969, December 30, 1969

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

13 TL in French to VéN, re: the contract with Fayard for Ada, and Spanish edition of Lolita.

Dates: October 14, 1969; December 30, 1969
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence from Clairouin, January 6, 1970 to April 22, 1970 ., January 6, 1970, April 22, 1970

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

10 TL in French to VéN, with 1 typed list of VN's works published in Russian, English and French, and 1 autograph calculation. Mostly regarding various foreign contracts for Lolita (in Iceland, Greece, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and asking for reimbursement of the legal costs incurred in the appeals case against Olympia.

Dates: January 6, 1970; April 22, 1970
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

Correspondence to and from Clairouin, May 20, 1970 to December 29, 1970 ., May 20, 1970, December 29, 1970

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents 15 TL in French to VéN (12), Jean-Jacques Celly (1), and from Celly (1) and the Icelandic agent Sveinbjorn Jonsson (1). Regarding the American and French publications (by McGraw-Hill and Fayard) of Mary, Fayard's publication of Ada, and various foreign contracts for Lolita. The correspondence with Celly (who is with Vanderbilt University in France) seems to concern a study Celly is undertaking, and for which he...
Dates: May 20, 1970; December 29, 1970
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4627, Vladimir and Véra Nabokov publishing correspondence / Series V. Correspondence to and from Clairouin 1947-1977

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